OH GOD, by Jackie Lloyd
Oh God, we let you down.
You gave us life
And the greatest gift of all
You gave us procreation.
You gave us trees
And bees and water
And sky and land with so much beauty.
We let you down God.
Priests harmed young indigenous children,
A madman ran over a Muslim family.
Another man killed an indigenous woman
With a trailer hitch on a road, and because he could.
Oh, God, we let you down.
I too have fallen from divine favor
And want the death penalty back.
I want those crazed people
Put down like you would a mad dog.
Oh God, I let you down.
